Second commute to work

[peterbaron]

I am jealous. Your highways look sooo empty. Jeez. (... and you have nice riding weather) (... and you get to lane split)

Loosenoodle's commute was after 10am, well after the morning rush, so it isn't the normal crush. Lucky guy! My commute was along some of the same route to be at work by 8:30, and it never looked that good except between Christmas and New Years.

At the beginning of the clip, riding between the two pairs of yellow lines is technically illegal, although most of the CHP officers I ask about it say they don't enforce it.

And I have followed CHP between those lines many times.

Good luck to all lane splitters...
...as I already said, lane splitting = dangerous, this is my personal opinion. I do not question what particular law/regulation says about it.

From both video clips, both of you doing too fast, easy 30 mils/h if not faster = dangerous, as far as lane splitting is concerned

To be even more democratic with the point of view, read this articles;
the good, the bad and the ugly..

https://fortnine.ca/en/lane-splitting-in...-the-ugly/

or this one:

http://www.motorcycling.ca/wp-content/up...-Sheet.pdf

and here in California:

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m...story.html

My idea is: ride safe, arrive alive, especially on the bike, regardless of law, regulations, road conditions & traffic circumstances.

Peter, I appreciate your concern, but it always looks faster on video than it feels behind the handlebars. It seemed about the same pace as I used to do (have not ridden in SoCal traffic since March). Neither of my two crashes since 1963 were due to lane splitting.

And I have followed CHP between those lines many times.

Good luck to all lane splitters...
...as I already said, lane splitting = dangerous, this is my personal opinion. I do not question what particular law/regulation says about it.

From both video clips, both of you doing too fast, easy 30 mils/h if not faster = dangerous, as far as lane splitting is concerned

To be even more democratic with the point of view, read this articles;
the good, the bad and the ugly..

https://fortnine.ca/en/lane-splitting-in...-the-ugly/

or this one:

http://www.motorcycling.ca/wp-content/up...-Sheet.pdf

and here in California:

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m...story.html

My idea is: ride safe, arrive alive, especially on the bike, regardless of law, regulations, road conditions & traffic circumstances.

Peter, I appreciate your concern, but it always looks faster on video than it feels behind the handlebars. It seemed about the same pace as I used to do (have not ridden in SoCal traffic since March). Neither of my two crashes since 1963 were due to lane splitting.